. Annales du Service des antiquités de l'Egypte . N. E. of thèsewere numerous traces of the S. W., where our worklay, the ground had been mucheut away. Hère and there onesaw an outcrop of hard blackearth, with which many of thechambers were partiv lilled. Iwas told that the two treasure-chambers, n° 1 and q , w ère formerly covered with a mass of this stufT. At présent they were fdled in,and there was nolhing on the surface to indicate their outlines (fig. 2). We began bv reopening thèse two chambers and clearing them downto the foundations. In n° 1 nothing at ail was found. N 2 had n
. Annales du Service des antiquités de l'Egypte . N. E. of thèsewere numerous traces of the S. W., where our worklay, the ground had been mucheut away. Hère and there onesaw an outcrop of hard blackearth, with which many of thechambers were partiv lilled. Iwas told that the two treasure-chambers, n° 1 and q , w ère formerly covered with a mass of this stufT. At présent they were fdled in,and there was nolhing on the surface to indicate their outlines (fig. 2). We began bv reopening thèse two chambers and clearing them downto the foundations. In n° 1 nothing at ail was found. N 2 had not beense thoroughly rilled. We had not proceeded very far before some fragmentsof silver tubes came to light, — no doubt parts of the previously disco-vered censers. The next thing found was a large silver sistrum, one of thefinest pièces in the treasure but in poor préservation. The handle wassurmounted by two Hathor-heads, with an urœus on each side, supportinga smali naos ihrough which the rods were fastened, and above this stood. N 1 and 2 aro llic Ireasure chambers. N° 3 maypossibly bavo liad a round sbaft originally. N G and7 were excavalpd by M. Naville. N° 8 is a round cbamb-er fillcd with black clay, not yet excavaled. Tracesof walls to the of and also to the S. W. [U] — 208 - a vulture with drooping wings. The sistrum was lying flat near the S. of llie room. In the middle of the room, about 1/2 m. lower than thesistrum. we found a quanlity of bronze objects of this shape ,_0_., andthere were also some traces of wood in the same place. Amid thèse laytliree silver dishes, a plate and two bowls, one of the bowls heing placediipside down on the piale. They had patterns in relief on the outside likethe vessels from chamber 1 and like the bowls from Tell Timai^. In the sameplace lay one or two large lumps of bitumen, bigger than a mans head,apparently deposited hère along with the silver objects. Proceedingcautiously the workmen n
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